IM and P2P malware findings for 2007

[AplusWebMaster]

FYI...

- http://rcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9407
January 09, 2008 - "MSN Messenger was the instant messaging client of choice for hackers, thieves and many types of malware in 2007. The IM client received 45 percent of all malware threats -- more than double the amount any other service received, according to a report released yesterday*... Yahoo received 20 percent, AOL Instant Messenger received 19 percent, and all other IM networks received 15 percent combined. The lack of security features coupled with the fact that IM programs are almost always running in the background of a computer make them extremely dangerous to a network, according to FaceTime..."
* http://www.facetime.com/pr/pr080108.aspx

[AplusWebMaster]

FYI...

- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001361.html
January 13, 2008 - "We've seen some MSN Messenger worms being spread around this weekend. Once you get infected, your Messenger will start to send web links to all of your contacts. If they follow the links and download the prompted programs, they get infected too. One of them (detected by us as Trojan.Win32.Agent.dwd) sends links titled "nakedfamily" or "naked4friends", and shows this image on your desktop once you get infected..."

(Screenshot available at the URL above.)